As a rule, people tend to apologize too damn much. I get it, I do it as well. It comes from a basic sense of decency, a need to feel like we’re not a burden, that we’re cool, that we’re nice. But when it spins out, as it so often does, into something that holds us back from enjoying what we love simply because it’s non-standard or weird or just…
We’re still doing this, huh? We’re still pretending as if this is as worse as it gets, as if it this is rough, sure, but we can do this, we got this? For me, July (and August) are when everything gets even worse because, on top of the rest of…
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommendations. Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and…
Friends, readers, and colleagues: I come to you today to make a gigantic mea culpa. As you all probably know, it’s tough writing about music these days. Tough only in that there is SO MUCH MUSIC coming out ALL THE TIME that things simply fall through the cracks. Everybody on…
Greetings, centurions. There’s too much quality death metal to discuss, so no time to talk. Pull up a bone throne, grab your libation of choice, and buckle up. Ok, there’s a little time to talk, but it’s difficult to find words that either haven’t been said before or don’t feel incredibly obvious. Oh, the world’s on fire right now? You feel like the hat-wearing dog in the meme everyone loves to share? You just CAN’T EVEN? Cool. Same. Let’s move on. Which brings me to a thought I’ve had recently, prompted by a discussion with a friend of mine about…
Earlier this year, I raved about the eccentric death metal on God Kaiser Hell, the debut album from Peripheral Cortex.…
Technical death metal has been in a full-blown renaissance over the past few years, particularly in the most brutal corners…
Another month, another addition of the frostiest column on the planet. Kvlt Kolvmn has been having a field day in 2020, with some of the most trying circumstances globally being met with some thoroughly amazing music. As has become the custom around these parts, our listening coffers have been filled to overflowing with some of the iciest black metal releases bringing a significant cool down to the hottest months of the year. We’re stoked to share some of our favorites with you. If there’s anything that the month of July showed us, it’s that the tent of black metal continues…
A Gift to Artwork, taken from the Caligula’s Horse song “A Gift to Afterthought”, breaks down and analyses your favourite…
The idea of the “left hand path” has seen much interest and usage from the metal community. Part of this…
Back in the days when I was a teenagerBefore I had status and before I had a pagerYou could find the Abstract listenin’ to hip-hopMy pops used to say, it reminded him of BebopI said, “Well, Daddy, don’t you know that things go in cycles?Way that Bobby Brown is just amping like Michael”A Tribe Called Quest – “Excursions” Besides being one of the greatest opening tracks in hip-hop history, Q-Tip’s iconic verse contains a sentiment experienced by fans and critics alike. Just as we all grew up idolizing certain styles, the musicians that shepherded them into existence have affinities of…
It’s been said that there’s more to life than music and, while we remain sceptical, we’ve decided to test the…
It was hot. And humid. Again. Living in New England in the summer of the longest and most emotionally trying…
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week I talk to, as the title suggests, Brittney of Unleash the Archers! We discuss their upcoming album Abyss (not Apex!), her influences, maturing as a vocalist and a band, creativity, and more! Abyss is really cool and it was great to have Brittney on, so check it out when it comes out on the 21st of August! Also, enjoy!
